Kutcher’s ‘Jobs’ Beats Sony to Theaters With Film on Apple Icon
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Ashton Kutcher is teaming with the upstart studio Open Road Films to beat bigger rival Sony Corp. to theaters with a biopic on Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs.
Getting there first is no guarantee of success. “Jobs,” featuring Kutcher in the title role and made for an estimated $8.5 million, opens today amid criticism that its portrayal isn’t factual. Sony’s version, based on Walter Isaacson’s best-selling biography and directed by Academy Award winner Aaron Sorkin, doesn’t have a release date.